NOVELTIES FOR WINDOW CURTAINS AND rowninre.
Of late several new fabrics have been introduced for portieres and window-curtains. Coteline, which is a thick figured material in two colours, or in two shades of the same colour, is of German manufacture, and extremely well adapted for its purpose from its substance, and because both sides being alike, it presents a finished appearance without requiring to be lined. There is great variety of style and colouring in these goods, some being made complete as curtains, finishing with an ornamental design at foot ; others with horizontal stripes in variegated colours with regular spaces between ; and others with continuous designs unbroken by any.stripes. This material is also well adapted for dining- room and library curtains. The weft is of wool, or wool and silk alternatine and the warp or (Amin, which is completely covered, is of cotton. I he same name is applied to an article which has the silk thrown upon one side only, so as to present a silk surface. This mate- rial being thick has a very rich effect, at a very moderate cost compared with damask or tissue made wholly of silk. 'fapisette is another fabric recently produced by one of our most emi- nent manufacturers, and as the name indicates, it presents to some ex- tent the appearance that real tapistry would have if made without floral or picturesque designs. It is exceedingly appropriate for furnishing in the mediesval style, being made in flat designs of an extremely simple character in twe or three colours, or in shades of one colour only. It in made of very fine worsted, or of worsted and silk, presents a lustrous appearance and would be very durable. For drawingrooms, where expense is not regarded, rich Lyon silk can never be superseded. Whether the style of furnishing be modern ex- mediteval, the material is equally suitable, and there is nothing that is richer in effect or more durable in wear. Neither is it in use so mucb. more costly as it seems when compared with other materials, because in making it up, much of the ornamental trimming usually applied to cheaper materials in order to give effect may be dispensed with in a fa- bric so rich in itself. The manufacturers of Lyons have long been pre- eminent in this branch of industry, and it is impossible too say too much in commendation of their artistic designs and perfect execution. Those submitted to our inspection by Messrs. Jackson and Graham, we have examined with the same pleasure that we have experienced in looking over a series of beautiful works of art.
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